Georgetown Cupcake regularly participates in community events nationwide and actively supports numerous local and national charitable organizations and foundations, in particular charities that focus on women's and children's health issues. Since opening in 2008, Georgetown Cupcake has donated millions of cupcakes and dollars to charitable causes. For charitable donation inquiries, please contact us at donations@georgetowncupcake.com
Since opening in 2008, Georgetown Cupcake has been a proud partner of Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic. and has helped grant transformational wishes to children battling critical illnesses in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia community. Georgetown Cupcake co-owners Katherine and Sophie both serve as Board Members of Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic and are co-chairing the 2024 Wish Ball, where Georgetown Cupcake is proud to be a presenting sponsor.
Lilly Pulitzer, the iconic American resort wear brand and Georgetown Cupcake, Washington, DC's destination for gourmet cupcakes are collaborating on custom sweet treats and special in-store events to benefit Hope for Henry, a foundation that improves the day-to-day lives of children with cancer and other serious illnesses.
From April 23rd until April 30th, 2017, Lilly Pulitzer Resort Cupcakes will be available for purchase at all Georgetown Cupcake stores and on georgetowncupcake.com, with 15% of sales going to support Hope for Henry.
On April 23rd, Lilly Pulitzer's Georgetown, Tysons Galleria and Montgomery Mall locations and Pink Palm locations in Alexandria, Arlington, and Bethesda, will be holding Shop & Share Events, where consumers will be treated to the Lilly Pulitzer Resort Cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake and be among the first to shop the new Summer collection. 10% of the April 23rd net sales will benefit Hope for Henry. And on April 27, the Georgetown Lilly Pulitzer store will host Hope for Henry patients for an exclusive private shopping event. A special group of patients who will have the opportunity to shop with their Hope for Henry Bucks, an incentive program where children earn and exchange ‘bucks’ for gifts for enduring difficult experiences such as chemotherapy and radiation. Each child and friends will take home Lilly Pulitzer goodie bags and enjoy very special treats throughout the event.
“Lilly herself once said ‘if you haven’t any charity in your heart then you have the worst kind of heart trouble.’ As a brand, we hold that thinking very close,” said Janie Paradis, SVP of Marketing and Creative Communications, Lilly Pulitzer. “Our stores are always working on strengthening relationships and charitable giving with their community and we are excited to build upon that with Georgetown Cupcake and Hope for Henry.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Lilly Pulitzer in supporting a foundation that is near and dear to our hearts. Since opening our first store in 2008, Georgetown Cupcake has been working with the Hope for Henry Foundation and its mission to bring joy and smiles into the lives of children being treated at Children’s National Medical Center and Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. We are so happy to be working with Lilly Pulitzer to support this incredible organization.” Katherine Kallinis Berman & Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne, Founders, Georgetown Cupcake
“Hope for Henry’s mission is simple – to make sick kids smile. I can’t think of better partners than Lilly Pulitzer and Georgetown Cupcake to join us in bringing beauty and sweetness into the lives of the kids we serve and people in the community who care about them.” Laurie Strongin, CEO, Hope for Henry. For more information, please visit https://www.lillypulitzer.com/resort365 .
Georgetown Cupcake is proud to support members of the United States military and their families. Since 2010, Georgetown Cupcake has partnered with the Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to send over 60,000 cupcakes to members of the U.S. Military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as those recovering from injuries in Germany. Georgetown Cupcake thanks all members of the military community for their service!
Georgetown Cupcake is dedicated to bringing happiness into the lives of children everywhere, especially those children facing extreme hardships. Through our support of the Hope for Henry Foundation, Georgetown Cupcake partners with Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Children's National Medical Center to benefit children suffering from life-threatening illnesses as well as their families. To learn more about Hope For Henry, please visit www.hopeforhenry.org.
Georgetown Cupcake is proud to partner with Heroes Against Childhood Cancer, a volunteer-driven organization, that supports children fighting cancer and the Cancer Programs at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Heroes Against Childhood Cancer hosts a variety of community events from 5K races to group head shaves where everyone from a child with a piggy bank to local police and firefighters to Ambassadors can participate and donate. To learn more about Heroes Against Childhood Cancer, please visit www.heroesagainstchildhoodcancer.org. To make a donation, please visit www.firstgiving.com/hacc.